Standard ErrorsShort-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment

Table 24. Standard errors for short-term disability plans: Method of benefit payment,State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2013

Characteristics

Flat dollaramounts

Dollaramountvaries

Fixedpercent ofannualearnings

Percentvaries byannualearnings

Other

All workers

1.0

–

1.5

1.0

–

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

–

–

1.9

0.9

0.6

Professional and related

–

–

2.3

0.9

0.8

Teachers

–

–

4.3

1.0

1.1

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

–

–

5.8

1.4

–

Service

1.1

–

3.0

2.7

–

Protective service

–

–

5.7

–

–

Sales and office

0.6

–

2.6

2.4

–

Office and administrative support

0.6

–

2.7

2.5

–

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

–

–

4.2

2.4

–

Production, transportation, and material moving

5.3

–

6.4

–

–

Full time

1.1

–

1.6

1.2

–

Part time

–

–

3.9

2.4

–

Union

1.8

0.5

2.0

0.9

0.7

Nonunion

–

–

2.1

2.1

0.5

Average wage within the following categories:1

Lowest 25 percent

–

–

3.1

2.7

1.0

Lowest 10 percent

–

–

2.8

1.5

–

Second 25 percent

1.3

–

2.3

1.7

–

Third 25 percent

–

–

3.3

1.1

–

Highest 25 percent: Highest 10 percent

–

–

1.8

1.3

1.0

Establishment characteristics

Service-providing industries

1.0

–

1.5

1.1

–

Education and health services

–

–

1.7

0.7

0.7

Educational services

–

–

2.1

0.8

0.8

Elementary and secondary schools

–

–

2.6

0.9

0.9

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

–

–

3.4

3.1

–

Healthcare and social assistance

–

–

2.4

1.6

–

Hospitals

–

–

2.1

2.1

–

Public administration

0.8

–

2.5

2.1

–

1 to 99 workers

–

–

3.7

1.2

–

1 to 49 workers

–

–

4.6

–

–

50 to 99 workers

–

–

4.5

–

–

100 workers or more

1.1

–

1.5

1.1

–

100 to 499 workers

–

–

3.1

2.0

–

500 workers or more

1.3

0.1

1.8

1.4

0.6

State government

–

–

2.9

2.8

–

Local government

1.4

–

1.7

0.9

–

Geographic areas

New England

–

–

11.1

–

–

Middle Atlantic

1.3

–

1.8

–

0.8

East North Central

1.2

–

2.9

1.9

–

West North Central

–

–

9.4

–

–

South Atlantic

–

–

4.4

–

–

West South Central

–

–

5.2

–

–

Mountain

–

–

7.6

–

–

Pacific

–

–

2.8

1.6

–

1Surveyed occupations are classified into wage categoriesbased on the average wage for the occupation, which mayinclude workers with earnings both above and below thethreshold. The categories were formed using percentileestimates generated using data from the NationalCompensation Survey publication, "Employer Costs forEmployee&
nbsp;Compensation - March 2013."

NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data didnot meet publication criteria. For definitions of major plans, keyprovisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of EmployeeBenefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20122013.htm.